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Diagnosing the Legacy : The Discovery, Research, and Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes in Indigenous Youth.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Winnipeg : University of Manitoba Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (191 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780887555602
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Diagnosing the LegacyDDC classification:
  • 362.1964/6240097127
LOC classification:
  • RC662.18 .K768 2018
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Francis Desjarlais -- Map -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Early Alarm -- Chapter 2: The First Patients of a New Disease -- Chapter 3: Emerging Responses -- Chapter 4: Island Lake -- Chapter 5: Early Research, Innovations, and Strategies for Care -- Chapter 6: Investigation and Hypotheses -- Chapter 7: After the Deluge -- Chapter 8: Revisiting Roots -- Chapter 9: Food -- Chapter 10: Poverty and Disease -- Chapter 11: Partnerships and Participation -- Chapter 12: Hopes and Dreams -- Epilogue: Island Lake Encore -- Afterword by By Heather Dean, Jonathan McGavock, Michael Moffatt, and Elizabeth Sellers -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Indigenous youngsters from two communities in northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario were showing up not with with what looked like type 2 diabetes. Over the next few decades more children would confront what was turning into not only a medical but also a social and community challenge.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword by Francis Desjarlais -- Map -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Early Alarm -- Chapter 2: The First Patients of a New Disease -- Chapter 3: Emerging Responses -- Chapter 4: Island Lake -- Chapter 5: Early Research, Innovations, and Strategies for Care -- Chapter 6: Investigation and Hypotheses -- Chapter 7: After the Deluge -- Chapter 8: Revisiting Roots -- Chapter 9: Food -- Chapter 10: Poverty and Disease -- Chapter 11: Partnerships and Participation -- Chapter 12: Hopes and Dreams -- Epilogue: Island Lake Encore -- Afterword by By Heather Dean, Jonathan McGavock, Michael Moffatt, and Elizabeth Sellers -- Acknowledgements -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Indigenous youngsters from two communities in northern Manitoba and northwestern Ontario were showing up not with with what looked like type 2 diabetes. Over the next few decades more children would confront what was turning into not only a medical but also a social and community challenge.

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